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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales.

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How To Get Coverage In Print Media

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The best and most common way of communicating with the media – print, radio and TV – is through preparing and distributing a media release to them. If it is more of a business to business piece, then aim it at industry publications, which is your direct market, rather than a more general audience.

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How To Get Coverage In Print Media

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The best and most common way of communicating with the media – print, radio and TV – is through preparing and distributing a media release to them. If it is more of a business to business piece, then aim it at industry publications, which is your direct market, rather than a more general audience.

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Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

Many optimizers are in favor of split-testing, too: direct marketers, landing page and SEO experts -- heck even the Google Website Optimizer team. What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. For example, I’m a big believer in split-testing.